Nominal effective exchange rate (index; broad definition; 64 economies) - South Africa - BIS - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Nominal effective exchange rates (Bank for International Settlements)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In South Africa, the nominal effective exchange rate (relative to a basket of 64 trading partners' currencies) stood at 99.27 (index) on 23 September 2025, versus 99.36 on 22 September 2025. This constitutes a decrease of 0.09 percent.
Sample. This daily series has 7,684 records in total. The series covers the time span stretching from April 1996 to September 2025.
History. Here's a peek at a few statistics we computed on the entire sample: the nominal effective exchange rate had a mean value of 176.30; it reached a minimum of 88.85 on 1 June 2023; it attained a maximum of 343.74 on 11 April 1996.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Index (an increase indicates an appreciation vis à vis a basket of foreign currencies) |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | 99.08 |
| 2025-09-22 | 99.36 |
| 2025-09-23 | 99.27 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Nominal effective exchange rate (broad definition: 64 economies) |
| Country | South Africa |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Exchange rate |
| Deflation method | Nominal |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | Index (2020 = 100) |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | Index (an increase indicates an appreciation vis à vis a basket of foreign currencies) |
| Source | Bank for International Settlements |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Unrestricted use subject to certain conditions |
| Measure type | Geometric trade-weighted average of bilateral nominal exchange rates |
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